Taking tyres off a crashed car...
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My flame suit is at the ready on this one!
Stepdad has been t-boned at low speed in his car last week. The car is a write off and insurance have confirmed this through photos sent in by him. They’ve agreed to pay out, but no money has been paid to him yet.
He’s looking at a replacement car nigh on identical to his, but we’ve noticed it’s got some shonky ditchfinder tyres on it. He had literally just put 4 brand new Uniroyal Rainsports on his car a few weeks before it got crashed into. I’d just like to add all four wheels were undamaged in the smash, so no safety issues in my opinion.
So my question is... Would it be frowned upon to swap these near new Uniroyals off for some part worns (as long as they’re legal tread) before the car is collected at the end of the week? I can’t see a problem myself, unless there is some legal clause saying once they’ve agreed to pay out then the car in it’s entirety becomes their property?
Opinions?
Stepdad has been t-boned at low speed in his car last week. The car is a write off and insurance have confirmed this through photos sent in by him. They’ve agreed to pay out, but no money has been paid to him yet.
He’s looking at a replacement car nigh on identical to his, but we’ve noticed it’s got some shonky ditchfinder tyres on it. He had literally just put 4 brand new Uniroyal Rainsports on his car a few weeks before it got crashed into. I’d just like to add all four wheels were undamaged in the smash, so no safety issues in my opinion.
So my question is... Would it be frowned upon to swap these near new Uniroyals off for some part worns (as long as they’re legal tread) before the car is collected at the end of the week? I can’t see a problem myself, unless there is some legal clause saying once they’ve agreed to pay out then the car in it’s entirety becomes their property?
Opinions?
Turkish91 said:
So my question is... Would it be frowned upon to swap these near new Uniroyals off for some part worns (as long as they’re legal tread) before the car is collected at the end of the week? I can’t see a problem myself, unless there is some legal clause saying once they’ve agreed to pay out then the car in it’s entirety becomes their property?
Opinions?
Technically, once they've agreed figures and you've agreed a price, you could be seen as "devaluing" their asset by swopping the tyres but its unlikely to get noticed, the car would be picked up by their salvage handler, usually just a bod who drives a truck, once it gets to the salvage yard the tyres would be swapped anyway.Opinions?
Edit to say: I'd agree with J2da in that it is quite likely the tyre make & tread would be noted by the assessor, depends oin how brave you feel I guess!
Edited by TallPaul on Tuesday 5th June 19:19
Edited by TallPaul on Tuesday 5th June 19:19
TallPaul said:
Where do you think all the part worn tyres come from that are sold all over the country?
Obviously if any of the wheels have taken an impact, I wouldn't use those tyres but that's more cautious than most ebay sellers would be.
Where do you think they come from? They’re certainly not, in general, off insurance write offs. Obviously if any of the wheels have taken an impact, I wouldn't use those tyres but that's more cautious than most ebay sellers would be.
Around 2008 my car was wrote off due to pillar damage and a side impact of being hit by a crane. My car was wrote off but I took the alloys as they where nearly new aftermarkets. It was due to be scrapped and they said nothing when I asked for the wheels and tyres. I later realized that perhaps they wouldnt fit or look right on my new car, so sold them later to a guy with the same model as my car that had been wrote off.
Thinking about it, im not sure if I should have had the wheels but nothing was said when I told the salvage yard who had my car that I wanted the wheels.
Thinking about it, im not sure if I should have had the wheels but nothing was said when I told the salvage yard who had my car that I wanted the wheels.
TooMany2cvs said:
mattley said:
I don't think I'd want tyres that had been shoved sideways that hard :?
If ever you spin a car on a trackday, do you promptly replace all the tyres?Personally I would have changed them over without even thinking about it along with anything else that was better than the new car.
TallPaul said:
Where do you think all the part worn tyres come from that are sold all over the country?
Obviously if any of the wheels have taken an impact, I wouldn't use those tyres but that's more cautious than most ebay sellers would be.
They come from Germany, or any other country where they are replaced more regularly than people in the UK tend to do...Obviously if any of the wheels have taken an impact, I wouldn't use those tyres but that's more cautious than most ebay sellers would be.
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